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whoisVishy

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startx Suddenly Black Screen After Working Fine (Xorg exits clean)

i installed arch with dwm (https://github.com/Vishwesh-Bhilare/dwm). i log in through tty and run startx. to log out, i switch back to tty and run sudo shutdown now.

everything worked fine for the last 2 days (no updates done), but now i can’t get into startx. it just goes to a black screen (pics attached). when i switch back to tty, i see these errors.

any idea how to fix this and how to prevent it in the future?

arch linux 6.18.6-arch1-1 (tty1)

[ 18.919303] ucsi_acpi USBC000:00: failed to reset PPM
[ 18.919320] ucsi_acpi USBC000:00: error -ETIMEDOUT: PPM init failed

arch login:
sudo reboot now
password:
login incorrect

arch login: vishy
password:
[vishy@arch ~]$ startx

results in black screen

x.org x server 1.21.1.21
x protocol version 11, revision 0

current operating system: linux arch 6.18.6-arch1-1 #1 smp preempt_dynamic
kernel command line: root=PARTUUID=... rw rootfstype=btrfs

current version of pixman: 0.46.4

log file: "/home/vishy/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log"
using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"

no screen section available. using defaults.
no monitor specified for screen "default screen section".
using default monitor configuration.

automatically adding devices
automatically enabling devices
automatically binding gpu devices

(WW) the directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
entry deleted from font path.
(WW) fonts.dir not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/TTF".
entry deleted from font path.
(WW) the directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
entry deleted from font path.
(WW) the directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
entry deleted from font path.
(WW) the directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
entry deleted from font path.
(WW) the directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
entry deleted from font path.

modulepath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

systemd-logind: took control of session /org/freedesktop/login1/session/_31
xfree86: adding drm device /dev/dri/card0
xfree86: adding drm device /dev/dri/card1

outputclass "nvidia" modulepath extended to
"/usr/lib/nvidia/xorg,/usr/lib/xorg/modules"

loading module "glx"

event5  - yichip wireless device: device removed
event7  - yichip wireless device mouse: device removed
event9  - yichip wireless device system control: device removed
asus wmi hotkeys: device removed
translated set 2 keyboard: device removed
sino wealth gaming kb consumer control: device removed

systemd-logind: not releasing fd for 13:75, still in use
unloadmodule: "libinput"
(systemd-logind releasing fds...)

nvidia(gpu-0): deleting gpu-0

server terminated successfully (0). closing log file.

[vishy@arch ~]$ lsblk -f

nvme0n1
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat   FAT32        760M  /boot
├─nvme0n1p2 btrfs               260G  /var/log
                                     /home
                                     /var/cache/pacman/pkg
                                     /
└─nvme0n1p3 swap   swap          16G  [SWAP]

this is my xinitrc:

#!/bin/sh

xrandr --output eDP-1 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --rate 144

feh --bg-scale ~/wallpapers/wallpaper.jpg &

dwmblocks &

exec dwm
``

update:
I also installed CachyOS with KDE Plasma. Wayland KDE works perfectly. I installed i3 and dwm alongside it (Xorg-based). Both work fine initially — I can log in, use them, shut down/reboot normally — but after some time, they suddenly stop working and only show a black screen on startx / Xorg session. Switching back to Wayland KDE still works without any issues.

This makes me think it’s something Xorg-related (possibly NVIDIA?)

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seth

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Re: startx Suddenly Black Screen After Working Fine (Xorg exits clean)

Please use [code][/code] tags. Edit your post in this regard.
Please post your Xorg log,

cat /home/vishy/.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

xfree86: adding drm device /dev/dri/card0
xfree86: adding drm device /dev/dri/card1

problem is most likely the hybrid graphics config - we'll see…

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Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 14,733

Re: startx Suddenly Black Screen After Working Fine (Xorg exits clean)

using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"

Please post the output of ls -l /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ .

Your .xinitrc is missing several needed lines, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xinit#xinitrc

it just goes to a black screen (pics attached)

The forum software doesn't allow any attachments, see https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … s_and_code for alternatives.

Also post the full output of

$ lspci -k
$ pacman -Qs nvidia

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